Alireza Moradi
Alireza Moradi
علیرضا مرادی
Male
No
Alive
Latest military rank: Colonel
5 Jul 2022
- Deputy commander of criminal investigation police, Kurdistan Province (2016 - 2 Dec 2018)
- Police Commander , Sanandaj (2 Dec 2018 - present)
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters (November 2019) read more
- Institution
- The Police (NAJA)
- Location
- Sanandaj
- Rights Violated
- Right to freedom of assembly, Right to liberty and security of person, Right to life
- Description
- Moradi, as police commander of the city of Sanandaj, and a member of City Security Council is directly responsible for the mass arrest of protesters and ordering the use of deadly weapons against unarmed protesters during the November 2019 nationwide protests in this City, which resulted in the death of at least 2 protesters. The nationwide protests of 2019, known as the protests of November 2019, were a series of large-scale popular demonstrations against the Iranian government, which began on November 15, 2019 in protest of the tripling of gasoline prices and quickly turned into anti-government protests that spread to 29 provinces in more than 100 cities across the country. The protests were brutally suppressed by the security and military forces. According to Reuters at least 1500 protesters were killed. Amnesty International, revealed the identity of 324 protesters killed by the security forces including at least 23 children.
- Sources
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters (November 2019) read more
These violations may only be part of the human rights violations that this person has been involved in. The investigation into this person's human rights record is ongoing.